On the first day we introduced patterning and we created this anchor chart with bingo dabbers.

On the second day we watched a patterning video "The Bunny Goes Hop" by Harry Kindergarten (my favourite video for patterning!)

and we played the game Mystery Patterns! I would call students up and put them in a pattern. Then I let the students guess what my pattern is! I start with something easy like boy, girl, boy, girl to start and slowly make it more difficult if they are having success with identifying the pattern :)

On the fourth day we watched "The Patterns Practice Song" by Scratch Garden on YouTube and learned that we can make number and shape patterns in addition to the colour patterns we have been talking about.

On the fifth day we went through the "Patterns In Our Life" PowerPoint and talked about patterns in our daily lives.

Here are some centres we had out so that the students could explore patterning:

At this centre I set out 4 different colours of play dough and the students practiced making AB, AAB, ABC and ABCD patterns.

At this centre I bingo dabbed some sentence strips with orange, purple and green bingo dabbers and then put out these glitter pumpkins for the kids to reproduce and extend patterns.

I set out pom poms, ice cube trays and tongs for the students to create patterns by color or size.

We also used these pattern block pattern cards to practice reproducing and extending patterns.

We also incorporated some fine motor practice by making a ball of play dough, sticking a pipe cleaner in it and then threading pony beads through it to make patterns. I asked the students to use 2 hands at first and then to try threading it with 1 hand for a challenge.

We also had Pattern Matchfrom Turtle Diary on the SMARTBoard as a centre choice for a few days.

In small groups the kids made these little pattern books with my ECE.

We used bingo dabbers on the first day,

shape stamps on the second day,

stamper markers on the third day,

And stickers on the fourth day.

You can find this pattern book, the play dough pattern mats and the pattern block cards in my "Patterning Party: A Mini Unit for Kindergarten". Click on the images if you are interested in taking a look!

I'm also giving one copy away on my Facebook page! To see the enter the giveaway for a chance to win click here!Some students also worked with me to create a reference wall for patterning.

We had AB, ABB, ABC and other for the headings. If the students made an "other" pattern they also had to write a sentence and tell me what the name of their pattern was for it to go on the wall.

This little guy made an AABBCC pattern!We used these sentence cards that we added to our math tool board to help us write sentences about the patterns we made.

That's it from me!I hope you were able to get some new ideas for patterning!

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ABOUT ME

Hi there! My name is Yukari. I teach FDK (Full Day Kindergarten) in Ontario, Canada! I love creating resources and activities for our classroom that target specific needs and make learning fun and engaging.. and I love sharing them with fellow educators!

I hope you grab a cup of coffee, click through a couple of posts and find some activities and ideas you can use in your own classroom!